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Blackburn Lab

Maria Vallejo-Pareja holds her certificate and stands with her co-advisors David Blackburn and Jonathan Bloch.

Awards & Honors

Maria Vallejo receives Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for Academic Women 

April 5, 2024

María Vallejo-Pareja, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida, has won an Emerging Scholar Award from the Association for…
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Parts of a frog skeleton are photographed from above against a white background.

Evolution

Frogs were Florida’s first-known vertebrates from the Caribbean

November 6, 2023

Deep in the forests of Haiti lives the blue-eyed La Hotte glanded frog (Eleutherodactylus glandulifer), which once went 20 years…
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A caecilian, which has gray skin and looks like a cross between an earthworm and snake, lays in dry dirt tightly coiled around at least three young caecilians, which look thin and light pink.

Life on Earth

Wormlike animals are first amphibians shown to pass microbes to their offspring

July 24, 2023

Caecilians are an elusive type of amphibian that primarily live underground and look like a cross between a worm and…
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Man leans against a specimen shelf in a museum storeroom

Awards & Honors

David Blackburn named UF Research Foundation Professor

April 19, 2023

The University of Florida Research Foundation has named Florida Museum curator of herpetology David Blackburn as one of its 2023…
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Large toad against a blank background

Evolution

A hard pillbug to swallow: First X-rays of frog feeding show how they consume prey

November 15, 2022

The phrase “to swallow one’s tongue” has been around since at least the 1880s and has been repurposed in several…
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interlocked snake and centipede specimen set on a orange and red leaf

Florida Biodiversity

North America’s rarest snake found biting off more than it could chew

September 7, 2022

North America’s rarest snake, Tantilla oolitica (rim rock crowned snake), was recently spotted in a park in the Florida Keys…
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Awards & Honors

Maria Vallejo-Pareja receives paleontology society grant in a first for frog researchers

August 17, 2022

Maria Vallejo-Pareja, a graduate student at the University of Florida, recently received the Estes Memorial Grant from the Society of…
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Life on Earth

Miniature frogs set record as first vertebrates to lose the ability to balance

June 16, 2022

Amphibians are exceptionally good at being small. There are salamanders the size of your thumb nail, pygmy newts that live…
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Adania Flemming stands against a background of oak and magnolia trees holding the UF Alumni Association Leadership award plaque

Awards & Honors

Adania Flemming receives two University of Florida awards for her commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

June 14, 2022

Adania Flemming, a doctoral candidate in the University of Florida’s department of biology, was recently recognized for her extensive efforts…
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Portrait photo of Daniel Paluh

Awards & Honors

Florida Museum honors winners of the 2022 Austin, Bullen and Biodiversity awards

April 13, 2022

The Florida Museum of Natural History has announced the winners of the annual Austin and Bullen awards for student research…
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